VANCOUVER RIOTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3772, 14 September 1907, Page 3

VANCOUVER RIOTS.

■ ♦- The Immigration Problem. Negotiations For Restriction. Colonial intolerance Creates Difficulty. London, September x 1. The New York correspondent of The Times says that the Vancouver riot was on Saturday night was carefully arranged in order to impress the Ishii leaders. The demonstration was made not by Canadians, but by Frank Cotterill (president of the Federation of Labour of the State of Washington), Fowler (secretary of (he AntiJapanese and Korean League in the same State), and Listman (a Labour leader at Seattle). The Times’ Ottawa correspondent declares that in order to lessen the feeling among the white population, the British Government is likely to open negotiations with Japan with a view to limiting the immigration of Japanese to Canada. In an article dwelling upon the Vancouver incident, - and the symptoms of intolerance towards Asiatics persistent in Australia, New Zealand, Natal, axxd the Transvaal, The Times argues that Labour leaders who are insensible to the complexity of Empire recklessly harass, and insult British Indians and sow the seeds of sedition and distrust in the minds of millions. The whole question of colonists’ relations to Asiatics demands exhaustive discussion between the statesmen of the Colonies and the Motherland, but whatever the ultimate solution may be the rights of all visiting British soil must unflinchingly be upheld by the whole authority of local governments and Imperial Crown.

Minister visits Vancouver. Finds Intense Feeling Against Japanese. Ottawa, September ii. The Canadian Minister of the Interior (Hon. Frank Oliver), after visiting Vancouver, states that the feeling against the Japanese is intense; j r et immigration is quite legal under the recent treaty conceding substantial trade advantages to Canada. The “Toronto Globe ” suggests that since the immigration of Japanese into Canada from Honolulu is not under official Japanese control, it should be subjected to Canadian authority. Vancouver Quiet. Arriving Asiatics cause Serious Apprehension. Vancouver, September 12. Things are quieter here, and Asiatics are resuming work. It is stated in Vancouver that there is no work for nine hundred Hindus arriving shortly by the steamer Monteagle, nor are there any means of sanitarily housing them. It is seriously proposed to raise a subscription to entrain them to Ottawa. Two other steamers, with many Orientals on board, are due here.